Olympiacos: Bartzoka’s choices in managing the significant absence of Fal

Fears about injury to Mustafaunfortunately, they were confirmed.

The French center of Olympiacos, who landed in the middle of the first period of the third final between the “reds” and Panathinaikos at the OAKA, with examinations in which he underwent sustaining that he suffered a rift of a patellar tendon on his knee.

So he will not be just absent from the fourth final to be held on Sunday night (8/8, 21:00) at the SEF, and by the fifth of the OAKA if the Greens manage to win to equalize the series, but his problem is so serious that will be forced to stay out of racing action for almost a whole year (The first estimates refer to the absence of 10-12 months).

Undoubtedly, this is an absence that will also affect Olympiacos in the long run, as it will probably have to go on the market by looking for three centers ahead of the new season if we take into account the enticing proposal in his hands Milutinov by Armani Milan, but also the fact that the Queen He is heading towards the exit, with Zalgiris being the most likely next destination of his career.

But all this will be of concern to Olympiacos shortly now, since it is obviously the “battle” to win this year’s championship, with the “reds” having the opportunity to … finish the job on Sunday night, making it 3-1.

However, the serious injury of the Fal It affects Olympiacos and immediately, as George Bartzokas is now called upon to manage the absence of a player who was a key executive of all of his entirety, in a position in which, or otherwise, he did not have many options available. Now, with the Frenchman being knocked out and Wright staying out of seven foreigners, without the right to participate in the finals, the “reds” have run out with just one center, Nikola Milutinovwho will … pull the paddle.

But what does this mean in terms of the plans of George Bardzoka; The Greek coach is now called upon to find a way to “make” the very important absence of Fal, which is expected to do with … emergency solutions. What are they? With low shapes and using the ‘5’ position of one of Peters; Vezenkov or even the Papanikolaousince, in rareness the truth is cases, we have even seen the Olympiacos leader getting minutes as a five -year -old one during this season, when Fal and Wright were suffering from injury problems. At the same time, as far as the guards are concerned, the ‘equation’ and the Vildosawho was chosen to stay out as a seventh stranger from the two previous finals for tactical reasons, but in the absence of Fal, he will be made available to his coach again.

In the end, it remains to be seen inside the parquet how Olympiacos will be able to cope with the difficult task in front of him in his attempt to cover the absence of Fal.